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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 24. 1904. Serial No. 229,713.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CLARENCE W. Home, a citizen of the United States,residing at Worcester, in the county of Worcester and Commonwealth ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in PaperBoxes,of which the following is a specification accompanied by drawingsforming a part of the same, in which Figure 1 represents in top view ascored cardboard blank from which the box-body is made. Fig. 2represents the cardboard blank with its ends and sides bent on scoredlines and having a pasted covering-strip applied to the centralrectangular section of the blank. Fig. 3 represents a cardboard blankwith its sides and ends bent and with the overhanging edges of thecovering-sheet turned down andpasted to the sides of the box-body. Fig.4 represents the same view as Fig. 3 with the addition that theoverhanging edges of the covering-sheet are turned down and pasted tothe ends of the box-body. Fig. 5 represents one corner of the interiorof the box, showing the folded corner of the covering-sheet insertedbetween an adjacent end and side of the box-body. Fig. 6 is aperspective view of the box after a coveringstrip has been wound aroundthe ends. and sides. Fig. 7 represents several box-bodies placed onewithin the other or nested together, and Fig. 8 represents inperspective view an outer corner of a box having the covering-paperapplied in the manner now commonly practiced.

Similar reference letters and figures refer to similar parts in thedifferent views.

My present invention relates to a paper box comprising a cardboardbox-body covered with paper; and it has for its objects to facilitatethe covering of the cardboard body to enable several box-bodies to beplaced in closer contact, whereby an economy in space is secured duringthe process of manufacture and to improve the appearance of the finishedbox by avoiding the folds of the covering-paper upon the outside of thebox-body, and I accomplish these results by the construction hereinafterdescribed, and pointed out in the annexed claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 represents a cardboardblank from which the box-bodyis formed and it consists of a rectangularportion 1, forming the bottom of the box or the top in case the blank isto form a cover, and the rectangular portion 1 is inclosed by scoredlines a, b, c, and d. The blank is provided with wings 2 and 3 to formthe sides and with wings 4 and 5 to form the ends of the box-body whenthe blank has been bent on its scored lines. In practice the end wings 4and 5 instead of being integral with the blank, as shown, are usuallyformed from separate pieces and attached to the central portion of theblank in order to avoid the waste caused by cutting out the corners.

By my improved construction I bend the blank on its scored linesandattach to the rectangular portion 1 a covering-sheet of paopenings 11between the ends-and sides of the box. The overhanging edges 9 and 10are next turned and pasted to the ends of the box, as shown in Fig. 4,with the corner-folds of the covering-sheet securely held inside thebox, as shown at 12, Fig. 5. The covering of the box-body is thencompleted by winding the sides and ends with a continuous strip of paper13, having one edge 14 overlapping the edges of the covering-sheet 6 andthe pasted edge 15 turned over on the inside of the box, as shown inFig. 6. Before winding the sides and ends of the box with thecovering-strip 13 the corners of the box-body may be stayed, if desired,by means of a reinforcing-piece of strong paper or cloth in the usualmanner now practicedin the manufacture of pa er boxes.

11 the manufacture of paper boxes as now commonly practiced the scoredblanks are first wound around their sides and ends with a covering-striphaving one edge turned inside the box and the other edge turned overupon the rectangular section 1, necessarily producing a fold at eachcorner, as shown at 16, Fig. 8. A rectangular covering-sheet 17,slightly smaller than the section 1 of the boxbody, is then applied tocomplete the box. By this method as now practiced the folds 16 showprominently, rendering the appearance of the box unsightly. The firstoperation of covering by the method now practiced consists in winding astrip around the ends and sides of a box. This operation by my im-Patented July 24, 1906. I

proved construction is the last step in the process. When thecovering-strip is Wound first around the ends and sides of the box, thecorners of the box-body become fastened together, closing the openin s11 and holding the ends and sides of the ox-body at right angles to therectangular section 1, so that the box-bodies cannot be placed onewithin another, consequently requiring a large amount of space for theboxes during all the subsequent steps in the manufacture. By my improvedconstruction the corners of the box are not permanently closed togetheruntil the last operation, allowing the box-bodies to be placed onewithin another or nested, as shown in Fig. 7, thereby economizing thespace occupied by the box-bodies during the process of manufacture.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A paper box having a covering-sheet applied to the outside of the topor bottom of the box, with the edges of said sheet folded upon andattached to the sides and ends of the box, and with the corners ofsaidsheet inserted' between the edges of said ends and sides at thecorners of the box, and a covering-strip wound around the ends and sidesof said box.

2. A paper box comprising a cardboard body bent to form the bottom ortop and the ends or sides of the box, and having a covering-sheetapplied to the outside of the bottom or top with its edges folded uponand attached to the ends and sides of the box, and

with the corners of said sht inserted between the edges of said ends andsides of said per box and the ends and sides, and having avcovering-sheet larger than said bottom or top and applied to the outsidethereof, with its edges attached to the ends and sides of the box andwith the corners of said sheet inserted between the edges of said endsand sides at the corners of the box, saidi sheet thereby holding theends and sides of the box at a slightly-acute angle outward from theperpendi'cular.

4. A paper box having a covering-sheetapplied to the outside of the topor bottom of" the box, with the edges of said sheet folded upon andattached tothe sides and ends of the box, witn the corners of said sheetinserted between the edges of said ends and sides at the corners of thebox, said sheet thereby holding the ends and sides of said box inposition during the process of manufacture.

CLARENCE W. HOBBS.

Witnesses:

PENELOPE CoMBERBAoH, RUFUS B. FOWLER.

